Little Blue Pill (film)

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Little Blue Pill
Directed by Aaron Godfred
Written byAaron Godfred
StarringAaron Kuban
Adam Carr
Rosie Tisch
Gerold Wunstel
Trevor Coppola
Jonathan Ahdout
Ashley Whittaker
CinematographyLucas Lee Graham
Edited bySimon Carmody
Music byJason Retana
Distributed byGoDigital Media Group
Montauk Project Films
Release date
  • 2010 (2010)
Running time
93 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Little Blue Pill is an American comedy film that starred Aaron Kuban, Adam Carr, Rosie Tisch, Gerold Wunstel, Trevor Coppola, Jonathan Ahdout, Ashley Whittaker and Chacko Vadaketh.

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Plot

Stephen played by Aaron Kubanis accidentally takes two erectile dysfunction pills and has various troublesome situations and misadventures. [1] [2] Thinking he's taken pills for a headache, he becomes more and more aroused every time he sees a woman or when one comes near him. [3] During the course of his mis-adventure he ends up at the hospital, a jail, a retirement home, and a brothel. There's even a subplot of sorts involving a corrupt drug company and an obsessed German scientist Johan Von Luther played by Gerold Wunstel. [4]

Production

This was the debut film from director Aaron Godfred and made on a low budget. [5] In August 2008, director/ writer Godfred started off writing the script for the film as a short but eventually it went out to 37 pages which was way to long to keep the film as a short. Most of the leads for the film came from LAcasting.com. The film was shot in July 2009 and done over 4 six-day weeks By the middle of August that year they had completed a rough cut. In around 10 months the film was completed. [6] The film's premiere was held at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland on Saturday March 26 at 9 pm. [7]

Cast

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